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1. Quirinal
2. Viminal
3. Cispian
4. Esquiline
5. Capitoline
6. Palatine
7. Caelian
8. Aventine
9. Janiculan
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| Rome is founded by Romulus. |
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| The expulsion of kings from Rome and the creation of the Republic. |
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| The destruction of Corinth and Carthage. |
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| Cicero consul, and the conspiracy of Catiline |
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| Julius Caesar assassinated |
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| The conversion of Constantine to Christianity |
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| Rome sacked by Alaric and the Goths |
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| Confarreatio Who could have it? What was its purpose? |
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It's officiated by the Pontifex Maximus and the Flamen Dialis.
Only Patricians whose parents had been married by confarreatio could have it.
It was necessary for certain priesthoods, like the Flamines and the Vestales. |
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| With this form of marriage, the wife remains under her father's control. When he dies, she can be sui iuris in her own right with the ability to insitute divorce and others. |
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| What the patron owed to a client |
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*Legal aid / negotiation
*Protection
*Monetary aid
-Nexum (only until 326 BCE)
*Invitiations to dinner |
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| What the client owed his patron |
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*Salutatio
*Political support
-Attendance in Forum
-Gathering additional support (canvasing)
*Part of Patron's familia
-Attendance at family funerals, in Forum, etc. |
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"Before the nomen"
There were about 16 names, all written as an abbreviation. Each male Roman citizen had one.
Examples: L. (Lucius), P. (Publius), C. (Gaius), M. (Marcus), Q. (Quintus)
Women didn't have a praenomen. They were numbered: Prima, Secunda, Tertia, etc. |
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It was the family or gens name.
Examples: Licinius, Cornelius, Julius, Antonius
Women's names were the feminine version of these:
Licinia, Cornelia, Julia, Antonia |
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"After the nomen"
This was originally a nickname given to certain gens members, then carried on by his descendants.
Crassus -- the Fat; Caesar -- the Bald; Cicero -- Garbanzo bean
These could also be from military conquests --Africanus, Germanicus, etc. |
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Tribune of the Plebs, Quaestor, Aedile, Praetor, Consul, Censor, Dictator, and Magister Equitum.
Those who have Imperium are the Praetor, the Consul, the Dictator, and the Magister Equitum. |
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| the Dictator and Magister Equitum |
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| They have absolute power for 6 months, or until the crisis ended. This time could be extended. |
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| (Plebs only, optional) 10 per year, could veto any measure, sacrosanct, intercessio |
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| (age 30) 20 per year, junior political officers |
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| (age 36; optional) 4 per year, in charge of public building, entertainment, grain dole, etc |
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| (age 39) 8 per year, administrative officers, military commanders |
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(age 42 Plebs, age 40 patres) 2 per year, great administrative control, military commanders, "eponymous"
Difficult to attain - once end, family becomes nobilus "noble"
First to hold the consulship in a family is called a novus homo "new man" |
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| 2 every 5 years, conduct census, revise Senate roles |
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| Comitia Curiata, Comitia Centuriata, Comitia Tributa, Concilium Plebis, and the Senate |
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| 30 curiae (10 each of 3 ancient tribes) represented by lictors. Religious, rarely used (confirmed imperium, wills, adoptions) |
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Roman people voted in "Centuries" (373) in Campus Martius
Voted on legistlation (leges), declared war
Elected Consuls, Praetors, and Censors |
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Roman people voted by "Tribe"
Elected Quaestors and Patrician Aediles
Voted on legislation (leges), esp. after 218 BCE |
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Voted on legislation (plebiscita)
Elected Tribunes of the Plebs and and Plebeian Aediles |
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| referred legislation to other bodies, set taxation, discussed legislation, made peace treaties, declared war, and controlled treasury |
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